Training Sessions

Presented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Objective: Through a mix of presentations, plenary discussions, and application of a guidance template, participants will elaborate a Terms of Reference/action plan that is tailored to their own national circumstances.

Description: Participants will cover the groundwork for the process of initiating a LEDS through the development of a Terms of Reference/action plan that answers key questions such as:

What information do we need to gather? From whom?

Which ministries must be involved in order to start a coherent process of LEDS design?

How can the participation of those essential ministries be assured and enhanced?

What mechanism(s) is (are) needed to ensure that work being undertaken on mitigation and/or NAMAs feeds into the design of the LEDS, and that the LEDS feeds into broader development objectives and considers other key processes such as National Communications and National Adaptation Plans in a holistic manner?

The session will include case studies of successful LEDS design and key considerations for both top-down (LEDS to NAMA) and bottom up (NAMA to LEDS) approaches to LEDS design

Working session: Elaboration of TORS for initiating a LEDS: Applying the knowledge gained from the morning, participants will elaborate a TORS for initiating a LEDS that is tailored to national circumstances. UNDP will provide a guidance template for this purpose. This working session will include moderated discussion elements to encourage interactive exchange of experience

12:45-13:00

Short wrap up and reflections

Presented by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)

Objective: The primary learning objectives of this session are to increase the understanding of the participants in global climate finance architecture, application of policies and practices and the national or project level, and innovative concepts related to national climate finance strategies, role of climate finance in food security and agriculture, and payments for ecosystem services.

Examples from the region on how climate finance has been deployed
• National Framework to Support Climate and Green Growth Finance, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam
• Experiences and Lessons in the Philippines, Bernd-Markus Liss, GIZ

Objective: Participants will learn how to apply the two mitigation accounting standards to real world situations and also understand key strategic and technical issues addressed during the standards development process.

Description: This training session will focus on two new Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol standards: the Policy and Action Accounting and Reporting Standard and the Mitigation Goals Accounting and Reporting Standard. The two standards provide guidance on how to estimate the greenhouse gas effects of policies and actions, and assess and report progress toward national and sub-national GHG reduction goals. The standards are intended to increase the consistency and transparency in the way government agencies, donors and financial institutions, businesses, and civil society organizations account for GHG reductions from mitigation policies, actions, and goals. The standards are being developed through an international, multi-stakeholder process and are currently being pilot tested in several countries before being published in 2014. For more information, see www.ghgprotocol.org/mitigation-accounting.

Agenda

9:00-10:00

Policy and Action Standard Presentation
Apurba Mitra, WRI

10:00-10:45

Group exercise on Policy and Action Standard
Apurba Mitra, WRI

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

11:15-12:15

Mitigation Goals Standard Presentation
Apurba Mitra, WRI

12:15-13:00

Group exercise on Mitigation Goals Standard
Apurba Mitra, WRI

Presented by the LEDS Global Partnership

Objective: Participants will leave the session with a greater understanding of how links between development and LEDS can be assessed, communicated, and realized. They will also have a better understanding of tools, comparison frameworks, and services to support development impact assessment (DIA).

Description: Participants will discuss how to create stronger linkages between development and LEDS through sharing of experiences and discussion; explore approaches for conducting development impact assessment in individual country contexts; learn about the activities and services/resources of the LEDS Global Partnership DIA working group; learn about and use a framework for comprehensive DIA (e.g., LEDS GP DIA visual tool) through an interactive group exercise; and discuss how the DIA working group and related initiatives can improve activities and resources to better address needs related to DIA. This will be followed by an optional, open informal session for those interested in further exploring the DIA web application.

Objective: This technical session aims to provide a better understanding of the instruments used to support LEDS; demonstrate how regulatory and market-based instruments can complement each other and be tailored to country circumstances; showcase what countries have learned from early experiences with policy analysis, design, and application; and to equip participants with the analytical tools available for policy planning.

Instrument Choice: Group Work and Guided Discussions
• Context setting and instructions for group work
• Working groups
• Reporting and discussion

17:45-18:00

Closing Remarks and Next Steps

Presented by Clean Air Asia

Objective: This training session will equip practitioners with advanced knowledge on emission quantifications in transport projects especially focusing on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Metro, and Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) projects. At the end of this session, transport practitioners should understand the basic parameters that are needed for estimating transport emissions, and be able to use TEEMP models for project assessment.

Description: Clean Air Asia, together with partners such as the ITDP, ADB, Cambridge Systematics, UNEP-GEF, and Veolia Environment, have developed excel-based, free-of-charge spreadsheet models collectively called as “Transport Emissions Evaluation Models for Projects”.

The TEEMP tools are sketch models which enable the estimation of emissions in both “project” and “no-project” scenarios and can be used for evaluating short- to long-term impacts of projects. TEEMP primarily evaluates the impacts of transport projects on CO2 emissions and to some extent air pollutant emissions using data gathered during project feasibility and actual operations. The TEEMP tools have been developed in such a way that required input data are based on what data is available and easily accessible.

Objective: Participants will gain fluency in the application of the Geospatial Toolkit (GsT) to explore renewable energy potential. More broadly, this session seeks to enhance understanding of how renewable energy resource data and geospatial analysis can support policymaking for low emission development planning.

Description: A comprehensive assessment of clean energy resource potential is a critical building block for a low emission development strategy. This session will provide hands-on training on the use of the GsT, a map-based software application that enables exploration and simple analysis of a country’s renewable energy potential.* The GsT facilitates visualization and quantification of renewable energy resources (e.g., solar, wind, and biomass) relative to land, load centers, and infrastructure. The exercises presented during this session will be targeted primarily to a policymaker audience. No prior experience with geographic information systems (GIS) data or software is needed to participate in this session. Participants are requested to bring their own computers with a Windows operating system (Window XP, Vista, Windows 7).

*With support from USAID and other organizations, NREL has developed or is in the process of developing GsTs for the following Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hebei Province (China), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam. Though the training will focus on the GsT, representatives from countries for which a GsT has not been developed are welcome to attend this training, as the content will include generally applicable information and insights on using renewable energy resource data and geospatial analysis to inform LEDS planning.

Group discussion on experiences in renewable energy resource assessment

14:50-15:45

Guided hands-on training on the GsT
Jessica Katz, NREL

15:45-16:15

Coffee Break

16:15-17:00

Guided hands-on training on the GsT (continued)

17:00-18:00

Discussion and Feedback

Presented by the USAID Low Emissions Asian Development Program, with the Greenhouse Gas Management Institutes

Objective: Participants will learn the importance of, and how to establish, institutional arrangements for a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, and be introduced to the techniques for how to identify the most important activities and how to select appropriate estimation methodologies. The session will guide you on how to understand the complex issues related to inventory uncertainty estimates and the approach to quality management and verification defined by the IPCC.

Description: GHG inventories provide information that is vital for the design of policies and measures to both reduce emissions of GHGs into the atmosphere and to enhance their removal in forests and other lands. Compiling a GHG inventory can be described as the systematic approach to record and account for the contribution of human activities to global net GHG emissions. The quality of your inventory data relies on the use of appropriate methodologies, reliable statistical information and representative factors to derive emissions and removals.

This course serves as an introduction to a new series of six courses on GHG inventories using the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, and will focus on the fundamental processes and cross-cutting techniques that are necessary for estimating emissions and removals from specific sectors and activities. A unique aspect of this session, and the broader series of courses it is based on, is that it is applicable to all GHG measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) programs and accounting frameworks, including: National; Sub-national (province, state, municipality); Sectoral/program/policy (NAMAs, REDD+); Entity (organization, company, or individual); Product/Supply chain/Technology (life-cycle); Facility/Installation; and Project/Activity.